PwC Study: 20% of Companies Capture 74% of AI's Economic Value — 7.2x Performance Gap

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PwC's 2026 AI Performance study of 1,217 executives finds that one-fifth of organizations capture three-quarters of AI's economic value, delivering 7.2x the AI-driven financial performance of peers. AI leaders are nearly 2x as likely to deploy autonomous AI and 2.8x faster at increasing decisions made without human intervention. Growth from industry convergence is the strongest predictor, ahead of efficiency gains alone.